Curtain fixture and supporting brackets therefor



May 12,1931. J.'H. BOYE 1,804,669

CURTAIN FIXTURE AND SUPPORTING BRACKETS THEREFOR Filed Jan. 16, 1929 2.Sheets-Sheet l .RdenZEfi 112,655 h Boga,

J. H. BOYE 1,804,669

CURTAIN FIXTURE AND SUPPORTING BRACKETS THEREFOR May 12, 1931.

Filed Jan. 16, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 717677165 Jmes $0ye,

jg @W Patented May 12, 1931 UNITED sra'rns ra'rkanr caries JAMES H.BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES H. BOYLE- MANUFACTUR- INGCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS CURTAIN FIXTUREAND surron'rine BRACKETS THEREFOR Application filed January 16, 1929.Serial No. 332,862.

This invention relates to the art of ourtain fixtures or hangers, andhas reference more particularly to a type of curtain fixture wherein thefixture brackets include upstanding hooks, and the curtainrod is formedwith inwardly directed end portions the top walls or flanges of whichare apertured to engage over said hooks and thus removably support therod on the latter. Typical examples of curtain fixtures of this generaltype are illustrated in Letters Patent to Hayward No. 1,003,403,September 12,1911 and to Kirsch No. 1,187,914, June 20, 1916.

One object of the present invention is to provide a fixture of this typewhichv will better facilitate both the application and removal of thecurtain rod.

Curtain fixtures of this type are also, for the most part, provided withvarious forms of stop devices intended to prevent accidental dislodgmentof the rod from the brackets by a simple upward movement of the rod, andcompel the rod to be tilted upwardly more or less on the brackets beforeit can be removed. Another object of my invention is to provide asimplified and improved structure that will afford the described stopeffect. p

Other objects of the invention are to provide an improved structure thatwill not require the rod to be tilted upwardly to a vertical position oftheinwardly bent ends of the rod before the latter can be applied to orremoved from the brackets, which is often impossible on account ofprojecting molding on the window frame above the brackets; and toprovide a curtain fixture of extremely simple and inexpensiveconstruction. I V

With these objects in view,'I have designed a novel and improved form orshape of rod-supporting hook designed for cooperation with the aperturedend portion of a rod in such a way that the novel shape of the hook,combined with arelative spacing of the hook-engaging aperture in the rodfrom the end of the latter will guide the ends of the rod duringapplication of the latter so that the apertures will be broughtinto-register with the tips of the hooks, and so that, when it isdesired to remove the rod from the hooks,'the apertures will be guidedoff the tipsof thehooks by a simple upward swing of the rod, thusleaving the latter free to be lifted and removed.

Other objects and attendant advantages of the invention will be apparentto persons familiar with devices of this class from the followingdetailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsin which I have illustrated a simple and practical embodiment of theinvention, and wherein g Fig.1 is a perspective elevation, showing thecurtain fixture mounted on the top frame bar of a window;

Fig. '2 is a front elevation, showing the curtain rod tilted upwardly toapplying and removing position corresponding to that illustrated in Fig.4:; V

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 6;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are progressive views of the bracket and end portion ofthe rod, showing respectively starting, intermediate, and final or restpositions of the rod relatively to its supporting bracket. r

. Referring to the drawings, 10 may designate the top bar ofa windowframe on which the curtain fixture is customarily mounted. 11 and 12designate the two sections of a telescoping curtain rod of the wellknown fiat type, each section having rearwardly directed end portions 11and 12 lying at right angles to the main telescoping portions, and bothsections having the usual hollow top and bottombeads or flanges 13 and14:. The top and bottom beads of the end portions of the rod sectionsare formed with i -taching plate 17 mountedon the frame piece 10 byscrewsi18, and a forwardly and up and rearwardly directed tip portion20. con-.

tinuous with said shank portion. It will be observed that the shankportion 19 formed with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined inner edge21, while the tip portion is formed with an oppositely inclined inneredge 22 which meets the edge portion 21 slightly above a pointdesignated by 23, whichlatter point constitutes the point of rest orsupport for the upper edge portion or head of the curtain rod when thelatter is in horizontal or working position. The inclined portions 21and 22 together create a concave formation of the inner edge oft-hehook.

It will further be observed that the apertures l5 and 16 of the rod arespaced from the end'of the latter a distance approximately equal to thedistance from the inner point of the tip. section 20 to the lower end ofthe inclined edge 21, this being evident from Fig. 4; and by referenceto Fig. 6 it will be seen that the distance of the aperture from the rodend is equal to the horizontal distance from the supporting point 23 ofthe hook to the attaching plate 17 of the bracket.

In applying the rod to the bracket, the rod sections 12 and 13 are firstadjusted to make the length of the rod correspond to the spacing of thetwo brackets, and, with the rod tilted upwardly to approximately theposition indicated in, Figs. 2 and 4, the ends of the rod arms 11 and 12are entered over the bracket hooks. By the downwardly and rearwardlyinclined edges 21 the ends of the arms are guided downwardly and rearwardly, coming to rest at the junctions of the inclined edges 21 withthe attachment plate 17 as shown in Fig. 4. In this position the upperapertures in the rod register with the tip portions 20 of the brackethooks.

The rod is then lowered through the intermediate position shown in Fig.5fto the final or horizontal position shown in Figs. 1

and 6. In passing from the position-shown in Fig. 5 to that shown inFig. 6, the rear edge of the aperture 15 first comes to rest on thebracket hook at or slightly below the point 23, and thereupon the innerend portion of the rod arm rocks upwardly on this point as a fulcrum tothe horizontal position shown in Fig. 6, and at the same time the end ofthe lower bead or flange 14 moves into contact with the lower portion ofthe concaveinner edge.

attachment plate 17. The rod is thus supported in tension at the points23 of the bracket hooks and in compression at the points of contact ofthe lower beads or flanges with the attachment plate. And since thedistance from the tips of the hooks to the attachment plates issubstantially less than the distance from the rest points 23 to theattachment plates, the rod cannot be displaced accidentally by a simplebodily upward movement, but can be removed only by tilting it upwardlyand then lifting it above the brackets. The described structure alsofacilitates the removal of the rod since a simple lifting movement onthe front sections 11 and 12 causes the ends of the arms to first assumethe position shown in Fig. 5, while a further upward tilting carries theapertures clear of the tips of the hooks, as shown in Fig. 4, enablingthe rod to. be. bodily liftedaway from the brackets. During this lattermovement, the rear edges of the apertures cannot catch on the tips ofthe hooks because the lower ends of the rod arms are rocking on thelower ends of the inner edges of the hooks and the inclined edges 21prevent the lower ends of the rod from moving forwardly during therocking movement.

,From the foregoing it will be seen that the described constructionentirely obviates the necessity of bringing the rod to, and holding itin, a special position to secure registration of the apertures with thetips of the hooks when applying the rod, and also the necessity ofpushing the rod bodily inwardly to clear the hooks, when removing therod. It also avoids the'necessity of tilting the rod upwardly to avertical position of the arms to apply and remove the rod, which isoften impossible on account of overhanging molding on the top 'bar ofthe win dow frame.

I claim 1. A curtain fixture, comprising in combination a pair ofrod-supporting brackets each comprising a base plate and a forwardlyprojecting upstanding hook having a concave inner edge extending fromthe tip of the hook to said base plate, and a curtain rod havingrearwardly directed end portions formed with apertured top walls toengage over said hooks, said apertures being spaced from the ends ofsaid rod a distance approximately equal to the distance from the tip ofa hook to the lower end of its 2. In a curtain fixture, the combinationof a pair of rod-supporting brackets each comprising a base plate and aforwardly projecting upstanding hook thereon having a concave inner edgeextending from the tip of the hook to. said base plate, and a curtain'rod rearwardly directed end portions. forme with apertured top walls toengage over said hooks, said apertures being spaced from the ends ofsaid rod a distance approximately equal to the distance from the deepestpoint of said concave inner edge to the opposed base plate of thebracket. 1

3. As a new article of manufacture, a supporting bracket for a curtainrod comprising a base plate and a forwardly projecting hook on said baseplate, said hook hav ing an upstanding shank portion adapted to supportthe curtain rod and a rearwardly directed tip portion adapted to passthrough an aperture in the end portion of the curtain rod; said shankportion having a downwardly and rearwardly inclined inner edge adaptedto guide the lower end of said rod downwardly and rearwardly to the baseof said hook during application of the rod to the bracket. Y

4. As a new article of manufacture, a supporting bracket for a curtainrod comprising a flat base plate and a forwardly projecting hook on saidbase plate, said hook having an upstanding shank portion adapted tosupport the curtain rod and a rearwardly directed tip portion adapted topass through an aperture in the end portion of the curtain rod; saidshank portion having an inclined inner edge adapted to guide the lowerend of the rod downwardly and rearwardly to the base of said hook duringapplication of the rod to the bracket, and said tip portion cooperatingwith said base plate to prevent removal of the rod by vertical movementof the latter when in its horizontal position.

JAMES H. BOYE.

